T Cell Dynamics In Hiv-1 Infection

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acute HIV/HepC co-infection dynamics

Dear Doctor McGovern:Thanks to both you and Dr. Dieterich for finding time to help us. I hope you will share your thoughts on this topic.We know that simultaneous acquisition of HIV and Hep C might cause delayed seroconversion, though with testing...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

There is not much information on your excellent question. However, a couple of things should be said to address the most pressing issue which is followup testing for rapid diagnosis.In the data on acute hepatitis, almost all patients have abnormal... Read more »

hiv viral dynamics

Does someone need to be ummune competent to cause HIV viremia to replicate? If dynamics of HIV... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

dynamics--needlestuck

What are the acute infection dynamics of these viruses if simultaneously acquired? PCR marker... Read more »

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D. »

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"This Is a Dynamic, Productive Time in HIV Prevention Research"

In a Washington Post letter to the editor , Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, and Rafi Ahmed, science committee chairman of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, challenge a recent Washington Post editorial ... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Transactional Sex Is the Driving Force in the Dynamics of HIV in Accra, Ghana

According to the authors, the prevalence of HIV within the adult population of West Africa remains generally lower than 10 percent, while prevalence among sex workers (SW) is 21-74 percent. Therefore, a sizable proportion of HIV cases among adult... Read more »

Focusing on CD8: The "Other T Cell" in HIV Infection

Two types of T cells are critically important in HIV infection. Most discussion of these immune cells refers to the subset known as CD4+, which is the cell type counted during most patient visits to gauge when to start antiretroviral therapy and the... Read more »

Eliminating Cells That Produce a Distress Signal When Infected With HIV Could Lead to Strategy for New Vaccine Candidate, Researchers Say

The strategy of eliminating cells that display a "distress signal" when they are infected with HIV might lead to the development of a new HIV vaccine candidate, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PLoS Pathogens , the San... Read more »

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New Virus Leads Drugs to HIV-Infected Cells

Posted by new2this2010

This is great news.

http://www.dailytech.com/New+Virus+Leads+Drugs+to+HIVInfected+Cells/article22391.htm#cmt706319 Read more »

See,I told you HIV replicates a cell's DNA TO RNA

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

The below is plagerized from Gallant ( the guru!)
I know that the present antiretroviral medications do not actually kill the virus.
However, if the medications inhibit the virus from reproducing, doesn't the virus die
by... Read more »

RECENT STUDY ORAL SEX & HIV INFECTION

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

"UTMB Study Explains Why Oral Sex Unsafe in Age of HIV"
Houston Chronicle Online (02/03/00); Hopper, Leigh
New research from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston shows the reason why oral sex is unsafe as a way to avoid HIV.... Read more »

Acute HIV Infection Overview

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1. Acute HIV-1 Infection
Marcus Altfeld and Bruce D. Walker

Introduction

Acute HIV-1 infection presents in 40 - 90 % of cases as a transient symptomatic illness, associated with high levels of HIV-1 replication and an expansive virus-specific immune... Read more »

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